F-5

After the colonies gained ______ from England, many Americans still clung to English traditions.

• autonomy

• flinch

• salutary

One should nto accept the idea that the camera never lies as an ---- truth.

• blazon

• caveat

• axiomatic

The well-known Latin phrase "---- emptor" means, "Let the buyer beware"

• caveat

• scathing

• scourge

The cute new puppy had a ---- effect on her health.

• fractious

• vapid

• salutary

Sometimes a reasoned discussion does more to change people's minds than a _______ attack.

• scathing

• salutary

• scourge

While critics called the movie ---- I thought the performers were very compelling.

• unwielding

• vapid

• stratiaced

We loaded the truck with the chairs and the coffee table, but the grand piano was too ______.

• unwieldy

• sepulchral

• amnesty

The bad mood was ----, and by the time he'd finished his breakfast, he was smiling.

• strautuaced

• transient

• autonomy

In a severe and ---- tone of voice, my sister announced that we were out of cookies.

• sepulchral

• vapid

• soporific

Shakespeare's Juliet drinks a _____ so as to appear to be dead-a trick she is soon to regret.

• extricate

• soporific

• autonomy